Elizabeth Kimani-Murage

Elizabeth Kimani-Murage

Theme Leader, Health and Wellbeing (HaW)

ABOUT Elizabeth Kimani-Murage

Elizabeth, a Public Health Nutrition Specialist and a Research Scientist is the head of the Maternal and Child Wellbeing Unit at APHRC. She is also a Wellcome Trust International Engagement Fellow, undertaking public engagement on the right to food in Kenya. She is also an Adjunct Faculty at Brown University, USA and an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Glasgow, UK.

She is passionate about improving lives and promoting human dignity through policy-relevant, action-oriented research, programs and engagement, and is championing research on optimal early child nutrition, development and wellbeing; and food security in sub-Saharan Africa.

She holds a PhD in Public Health (2010), focusing on the double burden of malnutrition in South Africa, from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. She also holds a Master of Public Health degree (2004) from Moi University, Kenya and a BSc. in Environmental Health (1999) from Moi University. She first joined APHRC in 2003 as a Research Trainee, proceeded for PhD studies in 2007, and rejoined the Center in 2010 as a Post-doctoral Research Fellow.

Elizabeth’s contribution to science has mainly been on the area of public health, describing the status of child nutrition among vulnerable populations in sub-Saharan Africa, especially those living in urban poor and rural settings, and testing interventions to promote optimal nutrition among children in these populations.

You can access her research work through her ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5272-616X

ONGOING PROJECT
COVID-19 in Kenya: Global Health, Human Rights and the State in a time of a Pandemic
Photo credit: Hope Raisers Initiative  A collaborative research project funded…
ONGOING PROJECT
Food Choices Project: Dietary transitions in African Cities
Driven in part by the increasing migration of individuals to…
COMPLETED PROJECT
Human Milk Banking Project
Kenya has a high burden of neonatal deaths (22/1,000 live…
ONGOING PROJECT
Improving the Timeliness of Administering Birth Dose Vaccines Using a Digital Platform in Nairobi Slums: A Stepped Wedge Design
Vaccine-preventable diseases such as tuberculosis and polio still contribute substantially…
COMPLETED PROJECT
INDEPTH Vaccination Project (IVP) – Infectious and NCD
This is a four-year multisite research project being implemented in…
COMPLETED PROJECT
Kenya Baby-Friendly Workplace Intervention, Evaluation, and Implementation Research
Interventions that promote breastfeeding are critical for optimal growth, development…
ONGOING PROJECT
Kinship, Nuptiality, and Child Health Outcomes in a Low Income Urban Area
This project is a mixed-method, longitudinal five-year study being carried…
COMPLETED PROJECT
ONGOING PROJECT
MIYCN- BFCI Rural Project
The Division of Nutrition (DoN) in the Ministy of Health,…
ONGOING PROJECT
Sasa Mama Teen: Strong Minds for Stronger Adolescent Mothers in Nairobi Slums
Nairobi’s informal settlements are home to nearly six in 10…
COMPLETED PROJECT
The Magnitude and Incidence of Unsafe Abortion
Around the world, 46 million abortions take place every year.…
ONGOING PROJECT
The Right to Food: A Welcome Trust International Engagement Fellowship
Dr. Elizabeth Kimani-Murage was awarded an International Engagement Fellowship from…
COMPLETED PROJECT
Voices for Action V4A
Voices for Action is a community engagement on vulnerability and…